Dr. Mark Bruzzi

phone:    353 91 493036
fax:        353 91 563991
e-mail:    mark.bruzzinuigalway.ie

Research Interests

Deformation and Failure of Engineering materials
Deformation and Failure of Engineering materials
Fatigue failure of Solid Materials
Constitutive behaviour of biological materials
Development of Active Materials
Design and Development of Medical Devices

Teaching 

Instrumentation (ME215)
Biomedical Production (ME417)
Finite Element Analysis Lab. (ME501)

Selected Publications

Bruzzi, M.S., McHugh, P.E., O'Rourke, F., Linder, T. (2001) "Micromechanical modelling of the static and cyclic loading of an Al 2124 - SiC MMC". International Journal of Plasticity, 17, No. 4, 565-599. Ed. Khan, A.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore Co., USA.

Bruzzi, M.S. and McHugh, P.E. (2002) "Methodology for modelling the small crack fatigue behaviour of aluminium alloys". International Journal of Fatigue, 24, No. 10, 1071-1078

Bruzzi, M.S. and McHugh, P.E. (2003) "Application of Closure Based Fatigue Modelling Methodology to Al-SiC MMCs". International Journal of Fatigue, 25, No. 7, 577-584

Bruzzi, M.S. and McHugh, P.E. (2004) "Predicting the Effects of Overloads on Fatigue Crack Growth in an Al-SiC MMC Using a Computational Model". ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 126, No. 2, 172-178.

Bruzzi, M.S and McHugh, P.E. (2004) "Micromechanical Investigation of the Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Al-SiC MMCs". International Journal of Fatigue. 26, No. 8, 795-804.

Bruzzi, M.S. and McHugh, P.E. (2005) "Micromechanical Modelling of the Static Loading of an Al 359-SiC MMC". Accepted for Publication in the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology.

Connolley, T., McHugh, P. E., Bruzzi, M. "A Review Of Deformation And Fatigue of Metals at Small Size Scales". Accepted for publication in Fatigue & Fracture in Engineering Materials & Structures. Sept. 2005.

McHugh, P.E. & Bruzzi, M. (1999). "Some applications of computational modelling in biomedical engineering science". Presented at MDM2, Conference on Medical Device Manufacturing, NUI, Galway, September, 1999

Liam. P. Mullins, Mark. S. Bruzzi, Peter. E. McHugh. (2004) "Micromechanical Finite element modelling of local stress fields in cortical bone". Bioengineering In Ireland Conference 10, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick

Donnelly, E., Connolley, T., Bruzzi, M.S., McHugh, P.E. (2004) "Finite Element Comparison of Performance Related Characteristics of Cardiovascular Stents". 6th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. Madrid, Spain.

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